dougbmorris

@cardinal, yup. That is exactly the right answer, in the news. I Did the gcc-config 1' (did I unmerge the older gcc?, I know I thought about it with trepidation). I also did the revdep-rebuild, but with no arg, since I saw it somewhere and know it fixes things. Nothing like the hard way of an amateur.

From config.log in /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/work/objdir: Locke objdir # cat config.log This file contains any messages produced by compilers while running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake. It was created by configure, which was generated by GNU Autoconf 2.64. Invocation command line was $ ../gcc-5.3.0/configure --disable-libssp --enable-multilib --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --enable-libmudflap --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/5.3.0 --includedir=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/5.3.0/include --datadir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/5.3.0 --mandir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/5.3.0/man --infodir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/5.3.0/info --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/5.3.0/include/g++-v5.3.0 --enable-libstdcxx-time --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --with-system-zlib --enable-obsolete --disable-werror --enable-secureplt --enable-lto --without-cloog --with-bugurl=http://bugs.funtoo.org --with-pkgversion=Funtoo 5.3.0-r1 --with-mpfr-include=/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/work/gcc-5.3.0/mpfr/src --with-mpfr-lib=/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/work/objdir/mpfr/src/.libs 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[1] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-5.3.0 Locke doug # I found no manpage for gcc-config on my system. I got help from running 'gcc-config' with no arguments, but the advice did not help. I went online and found I could run 'gcc-config 1' to set the sole option I had at [1]. The single argument of '1' was suggested by one James in 2008 in the google gentoo group (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/linux.gentoo.user/IkQUr65kYLg). Thanks, James! emerge seems to be working now. Dang, that was terrifying. I almost know what I'm doing sorta.

I could not run epro, then I set eselect for python to python 3.4. It was on python 3.3, and maybe I did that, not sure. I have been studying the python language. So I got epro to work, if it matters, by changing the python 3.X to 3.4. My gcc seems to be royally screwed, per the 'no gcc found' message in second code segment next. Panic setting in. Locke doug # emerge -1a gcc These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1 Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] y >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Emerging (1 of 1) sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1::gentoo * gcc-5.3.0.tar.bz2 SHA256 SHA512 WHIRLPOOL size ;-) ... [ ok ] * mpc-1.0.3.tar.gz SHA256 SHA512 WHIRLPOOL size ;-) ... [ ok ] * mpfr-3.1.4.tar.xz SHA256 SHA512 WHIRLPOOL size ;-) ... [ ok ] * gmp-6.1.0.tar.xz SHA256 SHA512 WHIRLPOOL size ;-) ... [ ok ] * gcc-5.3.0-patches-1.1.tar.bz2 SHA256 SHA512 WHIRLPOOL size ;-) ... [ ok ] >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking gcc-5.3.0.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/work >>> Unpacking mpc-1.0.3.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/work >>> Unpacking mpfr-3.1.4.tar.xz to /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/work >>> Unpacking gmp-6.1.0.tar.xz to /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/work >>> Unpacking gcc-5.3.0-patches-1.1.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/work >>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/work >>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/work/gcc-5.3.0 ... patching file libgcc/Makefile.in Hunk #1 succeeded at 1099 (offset 154 lines). Hunk #2 succeeded at 1110 (offset 154 lines). * Applying Gentoo patches ... * 05_all_gcc-spec-env.patch ... [ ok ] * 09_all_default-ssp.patch ... [ ok ] * 10_all_default-fortify-source.patch ... [ ok ] * 11_all_default-warn-format-security.patch ... [ ok ] * 12_all_default-warn-trampolines.patch ... [ ok ] * 20_all_msgfmt-libstdc++-link.patch ... [ ok ] * 25_all_alpha-mieee-default.patch ... [ ok ] * 26_all_alpha-asm-mcpu.patch ... [ ok ] * 29_all_arm_armv4t-default.patch ... [ ok ] * 34_all_ia64_note.GNU-stack.patch ... [ ok ] * 34_all_libjava-classpath-locale-sort.patch ... [ ok ] * 36_all_gcc-ia64-pr60465.patch ... [ ok ] * 38_all_sh_pr24836_all-archs.patch ... [ ok ] * 42_all_superh_default-multilib.patch ... [ ok ] * 50_all_libiberty-asprintf.patch ... [ ok ] * 51_all_libiberty-pic.patch ... [ ok ] * 52_all_netbsd-Bsymbolic.patch ... [ ok ] * 53_all_libitm-no-fortify-source.patch ... [ ok ] * 67_all_gcc-poison-system-directories.patch ... [ ok ] * 70_all_gcc-5-pr546752.patch ... [ ok ] * 74_all_gcc5_isl-dl.patch ... [ ok ] * 77_all_gcc-5-pr65958.patch ... [ ok ] * 85_all_gcc5-aarch64-pr65689.patch ... [ ok ] * 90_all_pr55930-dependency-tracking.patch ... [ ok ] * 91_all_pr69140-msabi-stack-alignment.patch ... [ ok ] * Done with patching >>> Source prepared. >>> Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/work/gcc-5.3.0 ... checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu checking target system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/lib/portage/python2.7/ebuild-helpers/xattr/install -c checking whether ln works... yes checking whether ln -s works... yes checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking for gawk... gawk checking for libatomic support... yes checking for libcilkrts support... yes checking for libitm support... yes checking for libvtv support... yes checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: in `/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/work/objdir': configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables See `config.log' for more details. * ERROR: sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1::gentoo failed (configure phase): * configure fail * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 115: Called src_configure * environment, line 2331: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * cd ${WORKDIR}/objdir && ../gcc-${PV}/configure $(use_enable libssp) $(use_enable multilib) --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --enable-libmudflap --prefix=${PREFIX} --bindir=${BINPATH} --includedir=${LIBPATH}/include --datadir=${DATAPATH} --mandir=${DATAPATH}/man --infodir=${DATAPATH}/info --with-gxx-include-dir=${STDCXX_INCDIR} --enable-libstdcxx-time --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --host=$CHOST --build=$CHOST --with-system-zlib --enable-obsolete --disable-werror --enable-secureplt --enable-lto $(use_with graphite cloog) --with-bugurl=http://bugs.funtoo.org --with-pkgversion="$branding" --with-mpfr-include=${S}/mpfr/src --with-mpfr-lib=${WORKDIR}/objdir/mpfr/src/.libs $confgcc || die "configure fail"; * * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1::gentoo'`, * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1::gentoo'`. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/temp/environment'. * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/work/objdir' * S: '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/work/gcc-5.3.0' >>> Failed to emerge sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1, Log file: >>> '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/temp/build.log' * Messages for package sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1: * ERROR: sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1::gentoo failed (configure phase): * configure fail * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 115: Called src_configure * environment, line 2331: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * cd ${WORKDIR}/objdir && ../gcc-${PV}/configure $(use_enable libssp) $(use_enable multilib) --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --enable-libmudflap --prefix=${PREFIX} --bindir=${BINPATH} --includedir=${LIBPATH}/include --datadir=${DATAPATH} --mandir=${DATAPATH}/man --infodir=${DATAPATH}/info --with-gxx-include-dir=${STDCXX_INCDIR} --enable-libstdcxx-time --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --host=$CHOST --build=$CHOST --with-system-zlib --enable-obsolete --disable-werror --enable-secureplt --enable-lto $(use_with graphite cloog) --with-bugurl=http://bugs.funtoo.org --with-pkgversion="$branding" --with-mpfr-include=${S}/mpfr/src --with-mpfr-lib=${WORKDIR}/objdir/mpfr/src/.libs $confgcc || die "configure fail"; * * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1::gentoo'`, * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1::gentoo'`. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/temp/environment'. * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/work/objdir' * S: '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1/work/gcc-5.3.0' Locke doug # Locke doug # env-update && source /etc/profile >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... Locke doug # emerge --info '=sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1' !!! No gcc found. You probably need to 'source /etc/profile' !!! to update the environment of this terminal and possibly !!! other terminals also. Portage 2.3.2 (python 3.4.5-final-0, funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/arch/x86-64bit, [unavailable], glibc-2.22, 4.8.5 x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.8.5-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5-2430M_CPU_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.2.1 KiB Mem: 3966328 total, 2125780 free KiB Swap: 2097148 total, 2097148 free sh bash 4.3_p48 ld GNU ld (Funtoo 2.25) 2.25.0 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p48::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0-r3::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.24.0-r2::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.12::gentoo, 3.3.5-r8::gentoo, 3.4.5::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.7.1::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2.1::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.18.3-r2::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.10-r2::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo, 2.69-r2::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6-r2::gentoo, 1.13.4-r1::gentoo, 1.14.1-r1::gentoo, 1.15-r2::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.25-r2::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 5.3.0-r1::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8-r1::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r2::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.1-r1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.3::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.22::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: git sync-uri: git://github.com/funtoo/ports-2012.git priority: -1000 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA Oracle-BCLA-JavaSE" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=sandybridge -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=sandybridge -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-march=sandybridge -O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_US.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" USE="X a52 aac acl alsa amd64 apng berkdb bluray bzip2 cdda cddb cdio cdr consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread encode exif faac faad ffmpeg flac gcj gdbm gif gpm gtk ico iconv icu ieee1394 ios ipod ipv6 java jpeg jpeg2k lame libass libguess libmpeg2 libnotify lock mad matroska mjpeg mmx modules mp3 mpeg mtp mudflap multilib ncurses nls nptl nsplugin ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf png policykit postproc pppd python quicktime readline resolvconf sasl session sndfile sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg taglib tcpd theora thunar tiff truetype twolame udev unac unicode v4l vorbis vpx wav wavpack webp win32codecs wmf x264 x265 xattr xml xvid zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel ice1724 intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="aes avx mmx mmxext popcnt sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64 pc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-6" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_4" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby21 ruby22" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon intel" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS ================================================================= Package Settings ================================================================= sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1::gentoo was built with the following: USE="cxx fortran (multilib) nls openmp -ada (-altivec) -doc -go -graphite (-hardened) (-libssp) -objc -objc++ (-sanitize) -vanilla" Locke doug #

You have both operating systems on your macbook, right? I presume you have all the partitions for both. I am not sure how different telling Grub to boot would be from a plain linux booted by Grub [2 or Legacy]. The newest mac operating systems are linux-based, but I have never worked with it. Using Grub2 or Grub Legacy per the online documentation from Gnu (or info grub at the command line) is distinct from using Funtoo's boot-update per the manpages via 'man boot.conf' and 'man boot-update'. I would look at the files in the partition for the boot of your mac OS and see if there is any plausible correspondence to a regular linux boot. I can only guess since I have never had a mac, but since no one else has answered, maybe my attempt is better than nothing. Grub allows you to manually try things. Maybe you type 'c' for a command line and 'e' to (temporarily?) edit a Grub menu line. You could experiment that way maybe.

This is the typical issue I am getting (requires C++14-capable C++ compiler): >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Running pre-merge checks for net-ftp/filezilla-3.24.0 * filezilla-3.24.0 requires C++14-capable C++ compiler. Your current compiler * does not seem to support -std=c++14 option. Please upgrade your compiler * to gcc-4.9 or an equivalent version supporting C++14. * ERROR: net-ftp/filezilla-3.24.0::gentoo failed (pretend phase): * Currently active compiler does not support -std=c++14 * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 115: Called pkg_pretend * filezilla-3.24.0.ebuild, line 47: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "Currently active compiler does not support -std=c++14" I got this distinctly new gcc complaint after removing filezilla: loading initial cache file /var/tmp/portage/dev-util/cmake-3.7.2/work/cmake-3.7.2_build/gentoo_common_config.cmake -- The C compiler identification is unknown -- The CXX compiler identification is unknown -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -- broken CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:51 (message): The C compiler "/usr/bin/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc" is not able to compile a simple test program. It fails with the following output: Change Dir: /var/tmp/portage/dev-util/cmake-3.7.2/work/cmake-3.7.2_build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp This is what gcc I have: me@Host ~ $ equery l -po gcc * Searching for gcc ... [-P-] [ ] sys-devel/gcc-4.8.5-r1:4.8.5 [-P-] [ ] sys-devel/gcc-4.9.3-r3:4.9.3 [IP-] [ ] sys-devel/gcc-5.3.0-r1:5.3.0 me@Host ~ $ I don't see that anyone else is having this problem. Is anyone else having this problem? I tried downgrading gcc yesterday but that did not help. The emerge --sync I did today, as you can see, did not resolve this, and I am starting to think my problem is only with my setup. Not sure what direction to go.

I put this out into the ether. I tried the latest acpid today, which is acpid-2.0.28-r1, on 10 January 2017. Just like plain acpid-2.0.28, its revision one triggers a Funtoo Gnu/Linux suspension on my Sony VAIO laptop on lid close. I never had the suspend actually work before, so there's the silver lining. Still, I only get correct behavior with acpid-2.0.23. Is there a better choice than acpid?

I put this out into the ether. I tried the latest acpid today, which is acpid-2.0.28-r1, on 10 January 2017. Just like plain acpid-2.0.28, its revision one triggers a Funtoo Gnu/Linux suspension on my Sony VAIO laptop on lid close. I never had the suspend actually work before, so there's the silver lining. Still, I only get correct behavior with acpid-2.0.23. Is there a better choice than acpid?

I can only report the behavior of my one funtoo installation on my Sony VAIO laptop. I did not intensionally test your fix. I did an update and then the suspend would happen on every lid close. The roll back gets me the normal behavior for lid close. I don't know the particulars. All I did was update (emerge -ua acpid) with and without adding to /etc/portage/package.mask the (uncommented) line `=sys-power/acpid-2.0.28'. I just installed one version of acpid and tried the lid close, then I installed the other and tested the lid close. The result was entirely dependent on which version of acpid was installed. I changed nothing else to get the contrast in the funtoo response to closing the lid. I know less than you about how funtoo works, and I don't have anything more to add. Other people's results may vary. Sometimes I have a Sony VAIO driver issue that others do not have, at least that is how I explain to myself problems for which I can't find documentation or description from searching the Web. I think the fix broke the function of funtoo for me. That's all I can suggest with any confidence. If it is not causing the same problem for others, I can't explain it. Perhaps my install is different somehow? Host me # uname -srvmpio Linux 4.8.5 #1 SMP Wed Nov 2 08:49:05 EDT 2016 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2430M CPU @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux Host me # Host me # emerge --info Portage 2.3.2 (python 2.7.12-final-0, funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/arch/x86-64bit, gcc-4.9.3, glibc-2.22, 4.8.5 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.8.5-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5-2430M_CPU_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.2.1 KiB Mem: 3966328 total, 2918440 free KiB Swap: 2097148 total, 2097148 free sh bash 4.3_p42 ld GNU ld (Funtoo 2.25) 2.25.0 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p42::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0-r3::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.24.0-r2::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.12::gentoo, 3.3.5-r8::gentoo, 3.4.5::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.6.2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2.1::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.18.3-r2::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.10-r2::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo, 2.69-r2::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6-r2::gentoo, 1.13.4-r1::gentoo, 1.14.1-r1::gentoo, 1.15-r2::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.25-r2::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 4.9.3-r3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8-r1::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r2::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.1-r1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.3::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.22::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: git sync-uri: git://github.com/funtoo/ports-2012.git priority: -1000 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA Oracle-BCLA-JavaSE" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=sandybridge -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sofficerc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=sandybridge -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-march=sandybridge -O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_US" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" USE="X a52 aac acl alsa amd64 apng berkdb bluray bzip2 cdda cddb cdio cdr consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread encode exif faac faad ffmpeg flac gcj gdbm gif gpm gtk ico iconv icu ieee1394 ios ipod ipv6 java jpeg jpeg2k lame libass libguess libmpeg2 libnotify lock mad matroska mjpeg mmx modules mp3 mpeg mtp mudflap multilib ncurses nls nptl nsplugin ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf png policykit postproc pppd python quicktime readline resolvconf sasl session sndfile sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg taglib tcpd theora thunar tiff truetype twolame udev unac unicode v4l vorbis vpx wav wavpack webp win32codecs wmf x264 x265 xattr xml xvid zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel ice1724 intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="aes avx mmx mmxext popcnt sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64 pc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-6" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_4" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby20 ruby21 ruby22" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon intel" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS Host me #

Oleg, I tested it. My laptop suspends when I close the lid whether running Xwindows or not. I close the lid, it suspends. I rolled back to acpid-2.0.23 and it will only suspend if I use the suspend button with the logout options in xfce. Nice.

The problem was package sys-power/acpid-2.0.28. I rolled back from that to sys-power/acpid-2.0.23 based on reading Oleg Vinichenko's help on the issue "GNOME: no power manager utility or lid close trigger" for speedytux. Maybe this link will work still: http://forums.funtoo.org/topic/1036-gnome-no-power-manager-utility-or-lid-close-trigger/ . At least know for the first time that my suspend function works. The hibernate function just turns off my laptop faster than normal. I guess that's how it didn't work right when I first installed funtoo. Cheers.

GOAL: I am hoping someone can give me an idea on what I can change or investigate to solve a new behavior problem with my laptop. ISSUE: I have a Sony Vaio laptop that boots from Grub Legacy to Funtoo (usually) or to Windows 7 (rarely). I have this new behavior of suspension or hibernation when I close my laptop lid. The solid green lighting associated with the power button becomes flashing orange. I have to create a device input signal (I typically press a modifier key of the keyboard) to get it to wake up, then in a few seconds the screen goes black, the suspension is on again, and soon the flashing orange will resume. I provide user input a second time and then I have control over my laptop again, until I close the lid with the thing on. The suspend or hibernation (not sure which, never did work right on purpose) stops portage from updating my @world, etc. Annoying. I have the laptop plugged in to good AC power. CIRCUMSTANCES: This new behavior started after I used Windows 7 about 5 days ago and let some updates run for a day until I shut it off, cleanly I think, with a normal shutdown from the start button menu, but not only after that. More lately I've made changes/updates with portage to my Funtoo. I checked the BIOS settings on boot up and see nothing that could account for new behavior or control it. It should be the case, I think, that the new behavior in Funtoo with lid closing has nothing to do with Windows updates on other partitions of the same internal laptop HD. FAILED APPROACHES: (1) I tried downgrading and I tried removing app-laptop/laptop-mode-tools. I rebooted to be sure. No change. (2) There is nothing in the H20 BIOS to set differently. (3) I tried booting with my older vanilla-sources kernels. No change. (4) Using xfce4. Nothing to set with the setting manager that will fix this, as far as I know. Under Power Manager I switched from 'Lock screen' on close to simply 'Switch off display' on close. No change in problem. I can't think of anything else to try except letting Sony Vaio software continue updating my computer with Windows 7. No telling how long that would take after all these years. I have no idea what in Funtoo I can downgrade that might resolve this issue.

I noticed the same output. After the initial shock of trying to 'fix' it, I settled on the idea that the new output is a new normal. You don't have your computer on the Internet, so the domain of your hostname is quite unknown. I don't think that is a problem. Maybe one of the developers forgot to configure the domain on his computer and created the message which is not so pertinent to many of us. I notice the same thing every time I stop Xwindows. The last message is (I think) a spurious problem with my xscreensaver: These guys make this stuff for the passion of it. It beats being made what to do by Windows.

I don't understand you description, but I'll guess. As far as I know, if you are in X Windows and using xterm or xfce4-terminal, the terminal emulator window will automatically scroll down to show new output each time it is displayed. Maybe you can try several terminal emulators and find one that locks to a position. With xfce4-terminal (that I use with the xfce4 desktop) I have edit > preferences... > general > scrolling > checkbox for scroll on output. I never tried unchecking it, but that sort of thing may be what you want. I notice that my screensaver does not automatically show the login prompt when I open my laptop. I just hit a modifier key alone (cntrl or shift) to see the prompt to unlock the screen. I have a power manager that has a setting for locking the screen or not if the lid is closed. I am not sure what you mean in your reference to xscreensaver. I don't know why you want to load or unload kernel modules. Maybe you mean to include a kernel module with your kernel setup (maybe using genkernel not emerge). I don't know why you would not be looking for a portage package to include desktop goodies/add-ons (i.e. http://goodies.xfce.org).If it is not in the portage tree, you probably don't want it. Good luck!

I am using sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.40.7-r6:0, which is exactly what I can get. Not sure what the old behavior was. I'm not sure of anything with computer admin. It seems that if I run: genkernel --kernel-config=.config-0 --menuconfig all and if I make some changes via the menu to the kernel configuration and save the configuration as: config-1 then, it seems to me, after I exit the configuration menu w/o more menu changes the .config is a copy of .config-0 and not .config-1. I had thought that my menu changes would be part of the kernel about to be compiled, but it seems to not be the case. It seems the original configuration from the file specified by --kernel-config is used regardless. Is that actually happening and if so, is that appropriate? BTW, the funtoo documentation on compiling a kernel is really clear. So is the install documentation. Thank you. Bonus question: know why my desktop settings get screwed up from compiling a new kernel to the same old kernel names under same old /boot? If that is the case. I have no idea. I don't understand how anyone can like making a linux distro and do it this well. The learning curve has spots without adequate documentation that are unique singleton show stoppers. (After two days trying to get clock="local" in /etc/conf.d/hwclock to work, I gave in and did clock="UTC"; can't remember the last time I booted the eeky Wyndoz.) Anyway, I'm more careful now by running genkernel twice just to get the .config I want (and I could use make menuconfig but I now have an affinity with genkernel, especially since my attempt with raw make did not mount, and not investigating either, need to solve the intermitent exit Xorg/desktop dark screen lockup and get eth0 as a backup to wlan0 and then work on my computer lol). Bonus, bonus: I think it is bizarre that the ethernet driver Realtek 8168 comes as package r8168 and the (newer?) driver Realtek 8169 is available in the kernel configuration. Maybe politics? Maybe the package driver is not good enough in quality to be in the kernel? I'm gonna give it a try. dmesg is happy with r8168, (which required that I get rid of 8169 for real, or at least according to /usr/src/linux/.config that had to be there) and that's as far I as am right now. Best wishes to you in the new year!

Struggling forward. Got the world to update. No sound and genkernel does not get my file for --config=file and I don't know what. Anywho, the previous problems are gone or transmogrified. I unmasked several python versions and masked libplist1.12 and 1.11-r2, and firefox-43.0 which crashes for me. When I log out of Xwindows the screen is on and all black and I must reboot manually. Thanks for looking, everyone. Happy New Year.

The B block on eselect-python required that I unmask and oneshot python2 and python3 versions (I chose the lowest that would clear) and the new eselect-python. I don't know why the masking of python is so heavy. I may have made progress or just made a better mess. I got reasonably far with updating @system. I am stuck on the package libplist-1.12 (I tried both 1.12 and 1.11-r2 and got the same results). checking consistency of all components of python development environment... no configure: error: Could not link test program to Python. Maybe the main Python library has been installed in some non-standard library path. If so, pass it to configure, via the LDFLAGS environment variable. Example: ./configure LDFLAGS="-L/usr/non-standard-path/python/lib" ============================================================================ ERROR! You probably have to install the development version of the Python package for your distribution. The exact name of this package varies among them. ============================================================================ !!! Please attach the following file when seeking support: !!! /var/tmp/portage/app-pda/libplist-1.12/work/libplist-1.12_build-python3_3/config.log * ERROR: app-pda/libplist-1.12::gentoo failed (configure phase): * econf failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 93: Called src_configure * environment, line 3042: Called python_foreach_impl 'do_configure' * environment, line 2608: Called multibuild_foreach_variant '_python_multibuild_wrapper' 'do_configure' * environment, line 1786: Called _multibuild_run '_python_multibuild_wrapper' 'do_configure' * environment, line 1784: Called _python_multibuild_wrapper 'do_configure' * environment, line 416: Called do_configure * environment, line 3038: Called econf '--disable-static' * phase-helpers.sh, line 662: Called __helpers_die 'econf failed' * isolated-functions.sh, line 117: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "$@" * * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=app-pda/libplist-1.12::gentoo'`, * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=app-pda/libplist-1.12::gentoo'`. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-pda/libplist-1.12/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-pda/libplist-1.12/temp/environment'. * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/app-pda/libplist-1.12/work/libplist-1.12_build-python3_3' * S: '/var/tmp/portage/app-pda/libplist-1.12/work/libplist-1.12' >>> Failed to emerge app-pda/libplist-1.12, Log file: >>> '/var/tmp/portage/app-pda/libplist-1.12/temp/build.log' * Messages for package app-pda/libplist-1.12: * ERROR: app-pda/libplist-1.12::gentoo failed (configure phase): * econf failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 93: Called src_configure * environment, line 3042: Called python_foreach_impl 'do_configure' * environment, line 2608: Called multibuild_foreach_variant '_python_multibuild_wrapper' 'do_configure' * environment, line 1786: Called _multibuild_run '_python_multibuild_wrapper' 'do_configure' * environment, line 1784: Called _python_multibuild_wrapper 'do_configure' * environment, line 416: Called do_configure * environment, line 3038: Called econf '--disable-static' * phase-helpers.sh, line 662: Called __helpers_die 'econf failed' * isolated-functions.sh, line 117: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "$@" * * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=app-pda/libplist-1.12::gentoo'`, * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=app-pda/libplist-1.12::gentoo'`. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-pda/libplist-1.12/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-pda/libplist-1.12/temp/environment'. * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/app-pda/libplist-1.12/work/libplist-1.12_build-python3_3' * S: '/var/tmp/portage/app-pda/libplist-1.12/work/libplist-1.12' * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. !!! existing preserved libs: >>> package: media-libs/libvpx-1.5.0 * - /usr/lib64/libvpx.so.2 * - /usr/lib64/libvpx.so.2.0.0 * used by /usr/lib64/gstreamer-1.0/libgstvpx.so (media-plugins/gst-plugins-vpx-1.4.5) * used by /usr/lib64/libavcodec.so.56.60.100 (media-video/ffmpeg-2.8.1) * used by /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/codec/libvpx_plugin.so (media-video/vlc-2.2.1) >>> package: dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r2 * - /usr/lib64/libpython3.3.so.1.0 * used by /usr/lib64/python3.3/site-packages/Cython/Compiler/Code.cpython-33.so (dev-python/cython-0.23.4) * used by /usr/lib64/python3.3/site-packages/Cython/Compiler/FlowControl.cpython-33.so (dev-python/cython-0.23.4) * used by /usr/lib64/python3.3/site-packages/Cython/Compiler/Lexicon.cpython-33.so (dev-python/cython-0.23.4) * used by 26 other files Use emerge @preserved-rebuild to rebuild packages using these libraries * After world updates, it is important to remove obsolete packages with * emerge --depclean. Refer to `man emerge` for more information. Errrgh # I ran python-updater (two versions, same result) and got the same result. It looks like both /usr/bin/python2 an d/usr/bin/python3 are not symlinks, so is that wrong? Ughh # python-updater !!! Invalid PORTDIR_OVERLAY (not a dir): '/var/lib/layman/java' !!! SYNC setting found in make.conf. This setting is Deprecated and no longer used. Please ensure your 'sync-type' and 'sync-uri' are set correctly in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf * '/usr/bin/python2' is not valid symlink Privates # Protecty # ls -l /usr/bin/python* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1461 Dec 23 15:08 /usr/bin/python lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Dec 23 15:08 /usr/bin/python-config -> ../lib/python-exec/python-exec2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1461 Dec 23 15:08 /usr/bin/python2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Dec 23 15:08 /usr/bin/python2-config -> ../lib/python-exec/python-exec2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4880 Dec 23 15:08 /usr/bin/python2.7 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1463 Dec 23 15:07 /usr/bin/python2.7-config -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1461 Dec 23 15:08 /usr/bin/python3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Dec 23 15:08 /usr/bin/python3-config -> ../lib/python-exec/python-exec2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Dec 23 15:11 /usr/bin/python3.3 -> python3.3m lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Dec 23 15:11 /usr/bin/python3.3-config -> python3.3m-config -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6984 Dec 23 15:11 /usr/bin/python3.3m -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1754 Dec 23 15:11 /usr/bin/python3.3m-config Geeeeez # Here is the big old error file that the error message said I should include. /var/tmp/portage/app-pda/libplist-1.12/work/libplist-1.12_build-python3_3/config.log: Too damn large!!! If you want some part or the whole thing some other way... /var/tmp/portage/app-pda/libplist-1.12/temp/build.log is what was displayed with the failed emerge. Here is some other fun: Blah # emerge --info '=app-pda/libplist-1.12::gentoo' !!! Invalid PORTDIR_OVERLAY (not a dir): '/var/lib/layman/java' !!! SYNC setting found in make.conf. This setting is Deprecated and no longer used. Please ensure your 'sync-type' and 'sync-uri' are set correctly in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf Portage 2.2.20.1 (python 3.3.5-final-0, funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/arch/x86-64bit, gcc-4.9.3, glibc-2.20-r2, 4.3.3 x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.3.3-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5-2430M_CPU_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.2.0 KiB Mem: 3966776 total, 2322236 free KiB Swap: 2097148 total, 1642604 free sh bash 4.3_p39-r1 ld GNU ld (Funtoo 2.25) 2.25.0 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p39-r1::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.22.0::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.10-r5::gentoo, 3.3.5-r6::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.4.1::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2.0-r6::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.18.3-r1::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.9::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo, 2.69-r1::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.13.4::gentoo, 1.14.1::gentoo, 1.15::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.25-r2::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 4.9.3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r1::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.1-r1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.0::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.20-r2::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: git sync-uri: git://github.com/funtoo/ports-2012.git priority: -1000 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA Oracle-BCLA-JavaSE" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=corei7 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sofficerc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=corei7 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-march=corei7-avx -O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_US" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" USE="X a52 aac acl alsa amd64 apng berkdb bluray bzip2 cdda cddb cdio cdr consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread encode exif faac faad ffmpeg flac gcj gdbm gif gpm gtk ico iconv icu ieee1394 ios ipod ipv6 java jpeg jpeg2k lame libass libguess libmpeg2 libnotify lock mad matroska mjpeg mmx modules mp3 mpeg mtp mudflap multilib ncurses nls nptl nsplugin ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf png policykit postproc pppd python quicktime readline resolvconf sasl session sndfile sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg taglib tcpd theora thunar tiff truetype twolame udev unac unicode v4l vorbis vpx wav wavpack webp win32codecs wmf x264 x265 xattr xml xvid zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel ice1724 intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="aes avx mmx mmxext popcnt sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64 pc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_ABIS="2.7 3.3" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby20 ruby21 ruby22" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon intel" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS Blah # emerge -pqv '=app-pda/libplist-1.12::gentoo' !!! Invalid PORTDIR_OVERLAY (not a dir): '/var/lib/layman/java' !!! SYNC setting found in make.conf. This setting is Deprecated and no longer used. Please ensure your 'sync-type' and 'sync-uri' are set correctly in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf [ebuild r U ] app-pda/libplist-1.12 [1.11] USE="python -static-libs" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3 -python3_4 -python3_5%" [ebuild rR ] app-pda/libusbmuxd-1.0.9 USE="-static-libs" [ebuild r U ] app-pda/libimobiledevice-1.1.6-r1 [1.1.6] USE="python -gnutls -static-libs" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 (-python3_3%*) (-python3_4%)" [ebuild rR ] sys-power/upower-0.99.3-r1 USE="deprecated ios -introspection" [ebuild rR ] gnome-base/gvfs-1.24.2 USE="bluray cdda gtk ios mtp udev udisks -afp -archive -fuse -gnome-online-accounts -gphoto2 -http -libsecret -nfs -samba -systemd {-test} -zeroconf" The following packages are causing rebuilds: (app-pda/libplist-1.12:0/3::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) causes rebuilds for: (app-pda/libusbmuxd-1.0.9:0/2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (gnome-base/gvfs-1.24.2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (app-pda/libimobiledevice-1.1.6-r1:0/4::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (sys-power/upower-0.99.3-r1:0/3::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) Blah #

I had commented out the SYNC variable in make.conf. Restoring it seems to have helped somewhat. I then set the subarch with epro. Getting the SYNC warnings like crazy as before. Computer # cat /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo [DEFAULT] main-repo = gentoo [gentoo] location = /usr/portage sync-type = git sync-uri = git://github.com/funtoo/ports-2012.git auto-sync = yes Computer # And still blocking (and note the two -r4 versions which apparently don't exist, hahahahaha or should I say jajajajajajajaja)... [blocks B ] <dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r4:3.3 ("<dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r4:3.3" is blocking app-eselect/eselect-python-20151117-r1) [blocks B ] <dev-lang/python-2.7.10-r4:2.7 ("<dev-lang/python-2.7.10-r4:2.7" is blocking app-eselect/eselect-python-20151117-r1) * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be * installed at the same time on the same system. How can that be if the two python's depend on eselect-python???!!! Should python depend on eselect-python??? Computer # equery d eselect-python !!! SYNC setting found in make.conf. This setting is Deprecated and no longer used. Please ensure your 'sync-type' and 'sync-uri' are set correctly in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf !!! SYNC setting found in make.conf. This setting is Deprecated and no longer used. Please ensure your 'sync-type' and 'sync-uri' are set correctly in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf * These packages depend on eselect-python: !!! SYNC setting found in make.conf. This setting is Deprecated and no longer used. Please ensure your 'sync-type' and 'sync-uri' are set correctly in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf dev-lang/python-2.7.10-r3 (app-eselect/eselect-python) dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r2 (app-eselect/eselect-python) Computer # And now, presenting for the first time, after some attempts to resolve this, the new issues (a bit higher in the output than the python blocker lines)... [blocks b ] <=sys-apps/openrc-0.12.4-r4 ("<=sys-apps/openrc-0.12.4-r4" is blocking sys-apps/corenetwork-1.5.5) [blocks b ] <sys-apps/openrc-0.13 ("<sys-apps/openrc-0.13" is blocking sys-fs/udev-init-scripts-27) [ebuild U ] media-libs/mesa-11.0.7 [10.5.2] [blocks b ] >=sys-devel/llvm-3.7 (">=sys-devel/llvm-3.7" is blocking media-libs/mesa-10.5.2) And now I see that the blocking versions of python are not the installed versions. Ugh # equery l -po python !!! SYNC setting found in make.conf. This setting is Deprecated and no longer used. Please ensure your 'sync-type' and 'sync-uri' are set correctly in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf !!! SYNC setting found in make.conf. This setting is Deprecated and no longer used. Please ensure your 'sync-type' and 'sync-uri' are set correctly in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf * Searching for python ... !!! SYNC setting found in make.conf. This setting is Deprecated and no longer used. Please ensure your 'sync-type' and 'sync-uri' are set correctly in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf [-P-] [ ] dev-lang/python-2.7.10-r1:2.7 [IP-] [ ] dev-lang/python-2.7.10-r3:2.7 [-P-] [M ] dev-lang/python-2.7.10-r5:2.7 [-P-] [M ] dev-lang/python-2.7.11-r1:2.7 [-P-] [ ] dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r1:3.3 [IP-] [ ] dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r2:3.3 [-P-] [M ] dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r6:3.3/3.3m [-P-] [M ] dev-lang/python-3.4.3:3.4 [-P-] [M ] dev-lang/python-3.4.3-r2:3.4 [-P-] [M ] dev-lang/python-3.4.3-r6:3.4/3.4m [-P-] [M ] dev-lang/python-3.5.0-r1:3.5 [-P-] [M ] dev-lang/python-3.5.0-r5:3.5/3.5m [-P-] [M ] dev-lang/python-3.5.1-r1:3.5/3.5m Ahrrrrr eselect-python # You will notice (and my custom colors were overridden by this editing system) that I don't have dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r4 or dev-lang/python-2.7.10-r4: [blocks B ] <dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r4:3.3 ("<dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r4:3.3" is blocking app-eselect/eselect-python-20151117-r1) [blocks B ] <dev-lang/python-2.7.10-r4:2.7 ("<dev-lang/python-2.7.10-r4:2.7" is blocking app-eselect/eselect-python-20151117-r1) If I run 'emerge -ve @system', I still get the won't-run-blocking blues. Doc, do you think my installation of funtoo is fubar??

It seems that the problem was that the portage tree had no python 2.7.10, only 2.7.10-r{1,2,3}, as I showed with the first console shot. I renamed the directory (tree) /var/db/pkg/dev-lang/python-2.7.10 to an 'invalid name'. ?that didn't work. Put it back. The official documentation is this: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Working/Portage#Blocked_packages. It says: "To fix a blockage, users can choose to not install the package or unmerge the conflicting package first." This is ticking me off (silly me not no python needed for portage, tee he, who knew): Computer me # emerge -C python * This action can remove important packages! In order to be safer, use * `emerge -pv --depclean <atom>` to check for reverse dependencies before * removing packages. * Not unmerging package dev-lang/python-2.7.10 since there is no valid reason * for Portage to unmerge currently used Python interpreter. >>> No packages selected for removal by unmerge Computer me # Computer me # emerge -1 python Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild NS ] dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r2 [2.7.10] USE="gdbm ipv6 ncurses readline sqlite ssl (threads) xml -build -doc -examples -hardened -libressl -tk -wininst" [blocks B ] <dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r4:3.3 ("<dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r4:3.3" is blocking app-eselect/eselect-python-20151117-r1) * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be * installed at the same time on the same system. (app-eselect/eselect-python-20151117-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by app-eselect/eselect-python required by (dev-lang/python-2.7.10:2.7/2.7::gentoo, installed) app-eselect/eselect-python required by (dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r2:3.3/3.3::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r2:3.3/3.3::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (dev-python/setuptools-18.4:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (sys-apps/file-5.25:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (dev-python/packaging-15.3-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (sys-libs/libcap-ng-0.7.7:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (dev-libs/boost-1.57.0:0/1.57.0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[threads,xml] required by (app-office/libreoffice-5.0.2.2:0/0::gentoo, installed) python >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (dev-libs/libnl-3.2.27:3/3::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.6.7:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[threads(+)] required by (dev-python/numpy-1.10.1-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (dev-python/pyelftools-0.23-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (dev-python/pyxattr-0.5.5:0/0::gentoo, installed) dev-lang/python:3.3 required by (sys-boot/boot-update-1.7.3:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (dev-java/java-config-2.2.0:2/2::gentoo, installed) =dev-lang/python-3* required by (app-admin/ego-0.9.7:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[bzip2(+)] required by (sys-apps/portage-2.4.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[ncurses] required by (dev-python/urwid-1.3.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (dev-python/certifi-2015.9.6.2:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[threads(+)] required by (dev-python/dbus-python-1.2.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[xml(+),threads(+)] required by (app-portage/gentoolkit-0.3.0.9-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[xml] required by (dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.44.1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (sys-apps/util-linux-2.27:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (sys-apps/kmod-19:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[readline(+)] required by (app-portage/esearch-1.3-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[xml] required by (dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.2-r1:2/2::gentoo, installed) dev-lang/python required by @system >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[threads(+)] required by (dev-python/pycairo-1.10.0-r5:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (x11-proto/xcb-proto-1.11:0/0::gentoo, installed) For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant): https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Working/Portage#Blocked_packages Computer me # emerge -u python does not work. And I have this problem. Computer me # boot-update /usr/bin/python: no supported Python implementation variant found! Okay, so let's suppose it is an upstream error. Seems that "Bug 568058 - dev-libs/boost-1.57.0: fails to build with app-eselect/eselect-python-20151117-r1". It would sure make me feel more sure of that if there were more evidence of the problem.

I looked and looked, but I can't find documentation on the group 'video' or any documentation on a list of groups with descriptions. Rather maddening. This possible solution will at least be easy to try. List your groups with the command: groups Maybe one of them is 'video'. If not, maybe you need to make that group, but I am not sure. List the members of the video group: groupmems -lg video If the username w/o root privileges is not there, maybe it needs to be there? To add to test it out: groupmems -g video -a <username> For further info, if you did not know, try running 'dmesg' and also 'less /var/log/Xorg.0.log'.

[Update: Please skip to my third entry. Two questions: (1) SYNC warning, and (2) python dependency on eselect-python. No, no. That can wait. Please go to the last entry that's mine. Currently stumped with python path config issue with app-pda/libplist. Does someone smart about these things think a reinstall is best idea? Urrrghhhh! Eeekk! Yikes!] My questionable admin diagnosis: I think what I want to do is unistall dev-lang/python-2.7.10-r4:2.7 or mask app-eselect/eselect-python-20151117-r1. I can't do either. Trying to do an update of @world. I did the usual delete of offending packages and masking in package.mask. I am unable to remove (emerge -C) python-2.7.10. I did remove eselect-python and now I can't install it even as a one shot (-1). me@xxx ~ $ equery l -po python eselect-python eselect * Searching for python ... [I--] [??] dev-lang/python-2.7.10:2.7 [-P-] [ ] dev-lang/python-2.7.10-r1:2.7 [-P-] [ ] dev-lang/python-2.7.10-r3:2.7 [-P-] [M ] dev-lang/python-2.7.10-r4:2.7 [-P-] [M ] dev-lang/python-2.7.11:2.7 [-P-] [ ] dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r1:3.3 [-P-] [ ] dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r2:3.3 [-P-] [M ] dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r5:3.3/3.3m [-P-] [M ] dev-lang/python-3.4.3:3.4 [-P-] [M ] dev-lang/python-3.4.3-r2:3.4 [-P-] [ ] dev-lang/python-3.4.3-r5:3.4/3.4m [-P-] [M ] dev-lang/python-3.5.0-r1:3.5 [-P-] [M ] dev-lang/python-3.5.0-r4:3.5/3.5m [-P-] [M ] dev-lang/python-3.5.1:3.5/3.5m * Searching for eselect-python ... [-P-] [ ] app-eselect/eselect-python-20111108:0 [-P-] [ ] app-eselect/eselect-python-20131210:0 [-P-] [ ] app-eselect/eselect-python-20140115:0 [-P-] [ ] app-eselect/eselect-python-20140125:0 [-P-] [ ] app-eselect/eselect-python-20151117-r1:0 [-P-] [M-] app-eselect/eselect-python-99999999:0 * Searching for eselect ... [-P-] [ ] app-admin/eselect-1.4.4:0 [IP-] [M ] app-admin/eselect-1.4.5:0 When I mask in /etc/portage/package.mask, something like below, and I played with have and not having -r1 on eselect-python and -r5 on python. >=dev-lang/python-3.4.3 >=app-eselect/eselect-python-20151117-r1 >=app-admin/eselect-1.4.5 Seems to not do any masking, but the error message might be slightly different in my update (-u, wit varioius trimmings) error. Next is from 'emerge -uDN --with-bdeps=y --backtrack=30 --autounmask-write --ask @world' [blocks B ] <app-admin/eselect-1.4.5 ("<app-admin/eselect-1.4.5" is blocking sys-devel/binutils-config-5-r1, sys-devel/binutils-config-5-r2) [blocks B ] <dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r4:3.3 ("<dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r4:3.3" is blocking app-eselect/eselect-python-20151117-r1) [blocks B ] <dev-lang/python-2.7.10-r4:2.7 ("<dev-lang/python-2.7.10-r4:2.7" is blocking app-eselect/eselect-python-20151117-r1) * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be * installed at the same time on the same system. (app-eselect/eselect-python-20151117-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by >=app-eselect/eselect-python-20151117-r1 required by (dev-lang/python-3.4.3-r5:3.4/3.4m::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) app-eselect/eselect-python required by (dev-lang/python-2.7.10-r3:2.7/2.7::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) app-eselect/eselect-python required by (dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r2:3.3/3.3::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (sys-devel/binutils-config-5-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by >=sys-devel/binutils-config-5 required by (sys-libs/binutils-libs-2.25.1-r2:0/2.25.1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=sys-devel/binutils-config-3 required by (sys-devel/binutils-2.25-r2:2.25/2.25::gentoo, installed) (app-admin/eselect-1.4.4:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.4 required by (app-eselect/eselect-mesa-0.0.10:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=app-admin/eselect-1.0.6 required by (app-eselect/eselect-vi-1.1.9:0/0::gentoo, installed) app-admin/eselect required by (app-eselect/eselect-java-0.1.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=app-admin/eselect-1.2 required by (sys-apps/portage-2.4.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) app-admin/eselect required by (app-eselect/eselect-wxwidgets-20140423:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.4 required by (app-eselect/eselect-qtgraphicssystem-1.1.1:0/0::gentoo, installed) app-admin/eselect required by (app-eselect/eselect-lib-bin-symlink-0.1.1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.3 required by (app-eselect/eselect-fontconfig-1.1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.4 required by (app-eselect/eselect-opengl-1.3.1-r4:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.3 required by (app-eselect/eselect-python-20151117-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (dev-lang/python-2.7.10-r3:2.7/2.7::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (dev-python/certifi-2015.11.20.1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (dev-python/packaging-15.3-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (dev-libs/libnl-3.2.27:3/3::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[xml] required by (dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.44.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (net-libs/libproxy-0.4.11-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (media-libs/alsa-lib-1.1.0:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (net-print/cups-2.0.4:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (dev-python/setuptools-19.1.1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (sys-devel/llvm-3.7.0-r3:0/3.7.0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (dev-libs/libdnet-1.12:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[xml] required by (dev-util/itstool-2.0.2:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (dev-libs/keybinder-0.3.0-r201:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[ncurses] required by (dev-python/urwid-1.3.1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[xml] required by (dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.2-r4:2/2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (x11-libs/vte-0.28.2-r207:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (dev-libs/boost-1.57.0:0/1.57.0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[xml(+)] required by (dev-java/javatoolkit-0.3.0-r9:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[threads(+)] required by (dev-python/pycairo-1.10.0-r5:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[xml(+),threads(+)] required by (app-portage/gentoolkit-0.3.0.9-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[xml] required by (dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.44.1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (app-pda/libplist-1.11-r1:0/2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[xml] required by (dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.28-r5:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (dev-python/pyelftools-0.23-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (media-libs/clutter-gst-2.0.16:2.0/2.0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (dev-vcs/git-2.6.3:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[threads(+)] required by (dev-python/Babel-2.1.1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[threads(+)] required by (dev-python/numpy-1.10.2-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[threads(+)] required by (dev-python/pytz-2015.7:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[threads(+)] required by (dev-python/cython-0.23.4:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (dev-util/boost-build-1.57.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (dev-lang/yasm-1.3.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (x11-proto/xcb-proto-1.11:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (sys-libs/libcap-ng-0.7.7:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[threads,xml] required by (app-office/libreoffice-5.0.3.2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (sys-apps/file-5.25:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (sys-apps/usbutils-007:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (app-admin/syslog-ng-3.7.2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (dev-libs/libixion-0.9.1:0/0.10::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (sys-apps/kmod-19:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[ssl(+),bzip2(+)] required by (sys-apps/portage-2.4.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[xml] required by (gnome-base/gconf-3.2.6-r3:2/2::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[threads] required by (dev-lang/spidermonkey-1.8.5-r4:0/mozjs185::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (dev-java/java-config-2.2.0:2/2::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (dev-python/pygobject-2.28.6-r55:2/2::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[readline(+)] required by (app-portage/esearch-1.3-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (dev-python/pygtksourceview-2.10.1-r1:2/2::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[bzip2(+)] required by (sys-apps/portage-2.4.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[threads(+)] required by (dev-python/dbus-python-1.2.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (dev-python/pyxattr-0.5.5:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[threads,sqlite] required by (www-client/firefox-43.0:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7 required by (app-pda/libimobiledevice-1.1.6-r1:0/4::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[ncurses?,xml] (>=dev-lang/python-2.7.5-r2:2.7[ncurses,xml]) required by (net-misc/wicd-1.7.3-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) (dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r2:3.3/3.3::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (dev-python/pyelftools-0.23-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (sys-apps/file-5.25:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (dev-python/packaging-15.3-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (sys-libs/libcap-ng-0.7.7:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (dev-python/setuptools-19.1.1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (dev-libs/boost-1.57.0:0/1.57.0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[ncurses] required by (dev-python/urwid-1.3.1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) dev-lang/python required by (dev-python/pycairo-1.10.0-r5:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (dev-libs/libnl-3.2.27:3/3::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.6.7:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[threads(+)] required by (dev-python/cython-0.23.4:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (sys-boot/boot-update-1.7.3-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (dev-python/pyxattr-0.5.5:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[ssl(+),bzip2(+)] required by (sys-apps/portage-2.4.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (dev-java/java-config-2.2.0:2/2::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[bzip2(+)] required by (sys-apps/portage-2.4.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (dev-python/certifi-2015.11.20.1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[threads(+)] required by (dev-python/pytz-2015.7:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[threads(+)] required by (dev-python/dbus-python-1.2.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[xml(+),threads(+)] required by (app-portage/gentoolkit-0.3.0.9-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[xml] required by (dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.44.1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[xml] required by (x11-libs/libxcb-1.11.1:0/1.11.1::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (sys-apps/kmod-19:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[readline(+)] required by (app-portage/esearch-1.3-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (sys-apps/util-linux-2.27.1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[threads(+)] required by (dev-python/numpy-1.10.2-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[threads(+)] required by (dev-python/Babel-2.1.1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[xml] required by (dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.2-r4:2/2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3 required by (x11-proto/xcb-proto-1.11:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-lang/python-3.3.2-r2:3.3[threads(+)] required by (dev-python/pycairo-1.10.0-r5:0/0::gentoo, installed) For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant): https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Working/Portage#Blocked_packages The following packages are causing rebuilds: (dev-libs/gmp-6.1.0:0/10.4::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) causes rebuilds for: (dev-scheme/guile-2.0.11-r1:0/2.0.11::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) I found this issue (https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1035254.html), exact same issue with me before I added stuff to package.mask and package.use.force. The part that might be new in start of blocking error message is: "<app-admin/eselect-1.4.5 ("<app-admin/eselect-1.4.5" is blocking sys-devel/binutils-config-5-r1, sys-devel/binutils-config-5-r2)". It may be because, besides adding lines to package.mask, I added to package.use.force hoping that would be the funtoo equivalent to the gentoo solution at the linked webpage. The solution there without explanation as to why it worked is (not in my English): in your /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/package.keywords wrote: =app-eselect/eselect-python-20151117-r1 ~amd64 dev-lang/python:2.7 Added following to package.use.force without obvious effect on portage package selection or dependency resolution. Not sure it forces anything. ## Guess on temp issue. app-lang/python-3.3.5-r2 app-eselect/eselect-python-20140125 I use ~amd64. Had to because I needed latest drivers when this laptop was new. I would go back to regular amd64 but that is not possible, I believe, from what I think I have read at the funtoo portal. For the enduring who have come this far... me@xxx ~ $ emerge --info Portage 2.2.20.1 (python 2.7.10-final-0, funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/arch/x86-64bit, gcc-4.9.3, glibc-2.20-r2, 4.2.4 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.2.4-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5-2430M_CPU_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.2.0 KiB Mem: 3966492 total, 1576892 free KiB Swap: 2097148 total, 2097148 free sh bash 4.3_p39-r1 ld GNU ld (Funtoo 2.25) 2.25.0 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p39-r1::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.22.0::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.10::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.3.2-r1::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2.0-r6::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.12.4-r4::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.9::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo, 2.69-r1::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.10.3-r1::gentoo, 1.11.6-r1::gentoo, 1.13.4::gentoo, 1.14.1::gentoo, 1.15::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.25-r2::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 4.9.3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r1::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.1-r1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.0::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.20-r2::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: git sync-uri: git://github.com/funtoo/ports-2012.git priority: -1000 java location: /var/lib/layman/java masters: gentoo priority: 0 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA Oracle-BCLA-JavaSE" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=corei7 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sofficerc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=corei7 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_US" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" USE="X a52 aac acl alsa amd64 apng berkdb bluray bzip2 cdda cddb cdio cdr consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread encode exif faac faad ffmpeg flac gcj gdbm gif gpm gtk ico iconv icu ieee1394 ios ipod ipv6 java jpeg jpeg2k lame libass libguess libmpeg2 libnotify lock mad matroska mjpeg mmx modules mp3 mpeg mtp mudflap multilib ncurses nls nptl nsplugin ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf png policykit postproc pppd python quicktime readline resolvconf sasl session sndfile snortsam sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg taglib tcpd theora thunar tiff truetype twolame udev unac unicode v4l vorbis vpx wav wavpack webp win32codecs wmf x264 x265 xattr xml xvid zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel ice1724 intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx mmxext sse sse2" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64 pc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_ABIS="2.7 3.3" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby20 ruby21 ruby22" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon intel" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS It seems to me per the gentoo forum solution that this is an architecture problem of the linue distribution inputs. Does waiting for portage tree updates seem a likely solution or am I uniquely screwed? I don't know what more relevant info I can provide. Scroll blindness is no solution for either of us. At this point I wonder if I should just copy a whole new portage tree image per the install workaround (as it used to be as I recall) and build a new @world from that. If you have good advice on what to try or not try, I could use it. Thanks for reading. Happy holidays. Get off the computer. ;)

Thanks for link Oleg. I was getting close to posting a question about why I have oracle-jdk-bin 1.8 masked. I wasn't sure I did not do it to myself. :)

I'm guessing what you want is the 'eselect' command. Try 'eselect' with no args and look at output, then try 'eselect java-vm' and look at output, then try 'eselect java-vm list' and look at output. If you are lucky, the number you want will be there for 'eselect java-rm set <#>'. I was using icedtea not so long ago and the BDFL counseled me to use oracle and then everything was fine. Yah, I like the opensource stuff culturally. Now if I only knew why my jre 1.8 is masked (equery l -p jre), not that I've put in the time yet to figure it out, but it did bring me to this thread.

Thought of something else. I don't know what you know or don't, do or don't do. Maybe this helps someone. This is what I do to make sure the kernel source code is matched at update/compile time to the kernel I will be running after the update of @world. Maybe there is an incomplete update in your system because it is in the portage tree. It can take a while for drivers or kernels to get updated to match each other (as far as I know). I have had issues that take two major kernel versions to get magically resolved. A hardware-specific driver does not get the same attention as other things that are more generic and widely used, whether that drive updates first and breaks the kernel code or the kernel is updated and breaks the driver code. I like to update my @world only after and immediately after I update my kernel sources and compile with no problems. After I update my portage tree (emerge --sync), I put or change a 'version lock' on my kernel before I update and compile kernel source (then @world) with a line in my file /etc/portage/package.mask. (I think that could be a directory sometimes, but not for me at least.) I add something like this: ##Lock the kernel source and update only if will point to ##correct source of running kernel to keep ABI sync with ##emerge of dependent X Windows drivers good. >sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-3.18.5 So how do I know what version is the latest? I check for a kernel update: equery l -p vanilla-sources. (Note equery is part of the package gentoolkit. Also, the portage tree queried by equery must be updated by emerge --sync to ever change.) XXX me # equery l -p vanilla-sources * Searching for vanilla-sources ... [-P-] [ ] sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-3.2.65:3.2.65 [-P-] [ ] sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-3.4.105:3.4.105 [-P-] [ ] sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-3.10.63:3.10.63 [-P-] [ ] sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-3.12.35:3.12.35 [-P-] [ ] sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-3.14.27:3.14.27 [-P-] [ ] sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-3.17.7:3.17.7 [IP-] [ ] sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-3.18.1:3.18.5 XXX me # eselect kernel list Available kernel symlink targets: [1] linux-3.16.2-keeping [2] linux-3.18.5-keeping * XXX me # Initially, the installed kernel sources will be in a directory like '/usr/src/linux-3.18.5' . I rename the directory with a '-keeping' suffix so my --depclean (-c) will not remove it. (Sometimes adding a trailing slash to a directory name is sometimes necessary to make a few command-line tools happy in certain situations.) I also immediately update the symbolic link /usr/src/linux to point to the newly installed kernel source code BEFORE I update @world and even before I compile a new kernel (with genkernel). If I have problems with the new kernel and/or @world update, I role back the kernel config line in package.mask AND the symbolic link '/usr/src/linux'. You can use something like 'ln -s <target_dir> linux' but why not use eselect? After eselect kernel list, eselect kernel set <#> to point to correct kernel source code. If I am pointing to a new kernel source, then I copy my latest .config-the-kernel type file to the new kernel source directory and rarely update it (using the --menuconfig option when I run genkernel). Usually, I only change kernel config settings (after initial setup that takes painful experiment) because of a message when I update using emerge, or as a desperate guess for some admin issue (but wild guessing can do more harm than good). Then I let genkernel build the kernel files and put them in the boot directory. Eventually, I move oldest kernels (3 files each) from my boot kernel directory to a subdirectory (to delete later). I leave one (or more if some wierd issue) of the least old working kernels for Grub2. I run boot-update to make a new os menu for bootup. I might reboot to the new kernel at this point. Check the kernel you are using with 'uname -a' if you like. After all that, I update @world with the correct kernel source code available for any kernel drivers and any other system software code (I think) to compile based on what's in the kernel source directory (to which I have the symbolic link pointing). As I wrote in previous comment, I coud next use 'emerge @X11-modules-rebuild' sometimes to get X windows drivers to be in sync (proper Abstract Binary Interface or ABI). Probably that is only useful immediately after compiling a new kernel, but I always like to update the whole @world. Also, per the emerge @world output, I might use emerge @preserved-rebuild. Other emerge sets per emerge --list-sets may be useful at times. If you can't get things to work after all that with total matching between kernel code and remaining world code (or at least X Window drivers), go to your package.mask config file and limit yourself to the kernel version you did have working (or want to try, portage tree package versions get pruned, but that's why I save kernel code), and reset to kernel source pointer link to the old source (you might have protected by renaming) using eselect kernel set <#>. Then maybe reboot to the old kernel that is still there, right? Then update your @world (with the newer kernel versions appropriately masked per your configuration; older ones will not be used, but you could use '=' rather than '>' for the mask line). Hopefully, you can recover what you had before if you can't get the update to the latest to work. When I reboot my system, I go to the command line, a bunch of virtual terminals: X Windows is not running. I always start X Windows manually by startx and I can go to the virtual console where it is running and kill it with control-C. I switch around with alt-F# (and cntrl if in X Windows desktop). I think there is a way to boot up as admin with no X Windows using the correct 'runlevel'. I don't know how to do that. I just manually start and stop X Windows. I like the control. Sucks to try and troubleshoot X Windows when it gets stuck by being started automatically on bootup. I hope that helps.

This is the short version of what I just typed and lost. Try emerge @X11-modules-rebuild. Get all target sets via emerge --list-sets (or --list-set). If that does not work, use the Xorg.log file for hints. There is the DRM invalid arg (but maybe that is in compiled code not your config stuff). There is also the hints from the GPU error about a kernel log(?) and the ReadMe file. Need to update Xorg config file? Hardware issue? If the @X11-modules-rebuild does not work, could be a tough admin problem. Good luck!

I recall having this issue too. My problem was like what sputnik said. I had to look for about 10 minutes to find where I configured the fix. I don't know about editing the config files in /sys/bus/... I will assume you have not figured it out since you did not add [solved] to the title (using full editor on original comment). Assuming you did not screw anything up by 'fixing' things, and assuming you have the same issue I did, you, gevious, will have this corrected in 5 minutes. It will take me longer to discover what I did and explain the steps. lol Step 1: Verify you are using laptop-mode-tools package. me@XXX ~ $ emerge -s laptop-mode Searching... [ Results for search key : laptop-mode ] [ Applications found : 1 ] * app-laptop/laptop-mode-tools Latest version available: 1.66 Latest version installed: 1.66 Size of files: 108 kB Homepage: http://www.samwel.tk/laptop_mode/ Description: Linux kernel laptop_mode user-space utilities License: GPL-2 me@XXX ~ $ If app-laptop/laptop-mode-tools is NOT installed, these steps will NOT fix your problem, so abort. If app-laptop/laptop-mode-tools IS installed, these steps will (probably) fix your problem, so please continue. Step 2: Find the configurate option(s) where your mouse is being managed to save power. Run less to look at your config file: me@XXX ~ $ less /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/usb-autosuspend.conf This is the top of mine. # # Configuration file for Laptop Mode Tools module usb-autosuspend. # # For more information, consult the laptop-mode.conf(8) manual page. # ############################################################################### # USB autosuspend settings # ------------------------ # #__COMMENT If you enable this setting, laptop mode tools will automatically enable the #__COMMENT USB autosuspend feature for all devices. #__COMMENT #__COMMENT NOTE: Some USB devices claim they support autosuspend, but implement it in a #__COMMENT broken way. This can mean keyboards losing keypresses, or optical mice turning #__COMMENT their LED completely off. If you have a device that misbehaves, add its USB ID #__COMMENT to the blacklist below and complain to your hardware vendor. # ################################################################################ # Enable debug mode for this module # Set to 1 if you want to debug this module DEBUG=0 # Enable USB autosuspend feature? # Set to 0 to disable CONTROL_USB_AUTOSUSPEND="0" # Set this to use opt-in/whitelist instead of opt-out/blacklist for deciding # which USB devices should be autosuspended. # AUTOSUSPEND_USE_WHITELIST=0 means AUTOSUSPEND_*_BLACKLIST will be used. # AUTOSUSPEND_USE_WHITELIST=1 means AUTOSUSPEND_*_WHITELIST will be used. AUTOSUSPEND_USE_WHITELIST=0 # The list of USB IDs that should not use autosuspend. Use lsusb to find out the # IDs of your USB devices. # Example: AUTOSUSPEND_USBID_BLACKLIST="046d:c025 0123:abcd" ##AUTOSUSPEND_USBID_BLACKLIST="" AUTOSUSPEND_USBID_BLACKLIST="046d:c52f" Note the two key lines that I am unable to made bold within the monospace block above on the final output: CONTROL_USB_AUTOSUSPEND="0" AUTOSUSPEND_USBID_BLACKLIST="046d:c52f" Apparently, I am being redundant, but also robust and documented. Step 3: Get your device identifier for your mouse using the USB port. I'm guessing the devide id trick did not exactly work right for me, but maybe it will for you. The config file tells you what manpage gives your more info and the command to get the usb device id. Here is how to get the id. me@XXX ~ $ lsusb Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c52f Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05ca:18c0 Ricoh Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8086:0189 Intel Corp. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub me@XXX ~ $ As you can see, my device id for my wireless Logitech mouse is: 046d:c52f . Step 4: Try to blacklist the device, and if that doesn't work, you could disable the USB autosuspend feature entirely. For more info: run 'man laptop-mode.conf' or search online for stuff like this: https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/how-to-prevent-a-usb-mouse-auto-suspending-in-linux-when-a-laptops-power-supply-is-disconnected/ .